Skate-protector



A. JOHNSON.

SKATE PROTECTOR. 4

APPLICATION FILED MAILZI. 1919.

Patented June 1, 19%.

ALFRED JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. V

SKATE-PROTECTOR.

Application filed March 27, 1919. Serial No. 285,521.

T all :whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, ALFRED JOHNSON, a

, citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skate-Protectors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has reference more particularly to a guard or covering for incasing a skate runner to protect the edges thereof.

It is important for satisfactory skating that the edges of the skate runners be maintained in a smooth, sharp condition. However, as most skaters carry their skates suspended on a strap or loose in a bag, the edges are easily dulled or marred by the skates rubbing and knocking together, unless a guard or covering for the runners is provided, and such guard must not only be convenient to attach to the runners, but also capable of being reduced to a compact form so as to be conveniently .scarried in the pocket or otherwise disposed of while skating.

It is an object of my invention to provide a simple and inexpensive guard or covering for skate runners which is easily attached to the runner and convenient to carry or dispose of when not in use.

It is another object of my invention to provide a skate runner protector with a pocket to engage one end of the runner and a loop to engage the other end of the runner so as to hold the protector securely in place thereon.

Another object of my invention is to provide a protector with an adjustable attaching loop to adapt the protector to be used with the runners of diiferent sizes and constructions. 4

Another object of my invention is to provide a protector with a loop for attaching the protector to the skate, said loop being detachable for convenience in fastening the protector to the skate and to facilitate renewal of the loop when required.

Another object of my invention is to provide a flexible covering, for a skate runner, having a flexible fastener for attaching and drawing the covering close against the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1920.

runner, and adapted to be folded in compact form for carrying when not in use.

My lnvention also has other important ob ects which will appear from the follow- 1ng specification and the accompanying drawlngs, in which I have described and shown my invention in a preferred form;

On the drawings: 3

Figure 1 is a side view of-a skate with my protector attached to the runner.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. L

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. i

F ig. 4 is a top View of the protector folded in convenient form for carrying. v

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of a protector with a modified" form of fastener.-

F ig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-'6 of Fig. 5. v I 9 As shown on the drawings:

The reference numeral 1 indicates, as a whole, a skate which maybe of any hockey,

racing, figure skating or other type and have my improved runner protector applied thereto. The skate illustrated is a common form of tubular skate adapted to be attached permanently to a shoe and comprises a tubular element2, in which the runner 3 is secured and having posts 4: and 5 and a front brace 6 extending upwardly from the tubular member and provided with the heel and sole plates 7 and 8 respectively, which are connected to the heel and sole portions respectively of the shoe 9.

The protector consists of a strip 10 of flexible leather or fabric which is folded longitudinally to receive the runner of the skate therein, and the two sides of the strip are sewed or otherwise secured together at one end as at 11, to form a pocket in which the forward end of the runner fits.

Each side wall of the strip 10 is provided, somewhat in advance of the rear end of the runner, with a corresponding series of button holes 12, and an elastic or resilient band or cord 13, preferably of rubber, and with a button 14: at each end, is passed over the rear end of the skate runner against the rear support 4L, and has the end buttons 14: engaged through the proper button holes 12, ofeach side wall of the strip 10, so as to hold the fastener 13 at a'tension and draw the protector close against the runner of the skate.

In the structure shown in Figs. 5 and 6,

theelastic fastener 13 isnot used, but a cord 7 15 is provided with a button '16 at each end,

the cord being long enough to afford surplus for fastening. The button holes in this structure have an enlarged opening 17 through which the buttons 16 are passed,

and extending upwardly from the opening 17 in the direction of the pull is a narrow slot 18 of suitable size so that, after the cord has been drawn taut to hold the protector on the skate runner, the cord is forced up in the slot andgripped thereby to hold the cord from loosening and the protector securely on the runner. T The operation was follows:

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 5,,the protec- V tor may be placed with the toe of the runner in the socket at the front-end thereof and the fastener 13 then buttoned in the proper holes to hold the protector on the runner, or the cord 13 may be firstsecured in the V proper holes 12, after which the tee is engaged on the runner and the cord 13 stretched overthe rear end ofthe runner,

or the cord may be first inserted'over the rear end of the runner and thetoe of the protector then pulled forward against the tension of the cord and engaged over the forward'end of'the runner. I

lnthe structure shownin Figs. 5 and 6,

the toe of the protector is first engagedl on the forward end ofthe skate runner and the cord 15, which may previously have been loosened and looped over the end of the runof skates, and being flexible may be folded up as shown in Fig. 4, so as to be convenient for carrying. p

The plurality of button holes in the one form illustrated and the adjustable cord .in the modified form, afford an adjustment so i that the protector may be used with various sizes of skates and itis not necessary therefore that the protector must be madefor the particular skate with which itis intendedto V be used, and in all cases the protector may be fastened on the skate runner so as to be drawn tightly thereagainst to fit nicely and principles of my invention, and I therefore 7 I y do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the prior art. j

I. claim as my invention:

A skate protector comprising a longitudinal sheath for the runner, means at one end of the sheathvto engage and hold the sheath on the runner, said sheath having button holes in each of its side walls, and an eX- tensible loop having buttons at its ends for engagement with said holes and adapted to engage over the skate runner against a stanchion thereon to cooperatewith the firstmentioned means for holding the sheath on the runner. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribedmy name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. V

' ALFRED J OHNSONV Witnesses:

EARL M. HARDINE, I CHARLES W. H LLS, Jr. 

